Hog-holder.



No. 643,623. Patented Feb. 20, 900. A. MORRIS.

HOG HOLDER.

:Application filed Nov. 17, 1899.) (No Model.)

NW QNH F NITED STATES ALBERTIS MORRIS, OF IVAUKEE, IOIVA.

HOG-HOLDER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.. 643,673, dated February 20, 1900.

Application filed November 17, 1899. $erial No. 737,287. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERTIS MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waukee, in the county of Dallas and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of hogholders in which there is a tube, a rod projecting through the tube, and a wire one end of which is fixed to the tube and the other to the rod, and the hog is held by passing the loop of Wire over the hogs snout and then drawing the rod through the tube until the wire is drawn tight around the animals snout. Heretofore with this class of holders it has been found that the'hogs were frequently released because of the inability of the operator to hold the tube and the rod in such relative position as to maintain the loop firmly about the hogs snout.

One object in this invention is to provide means whereby when the loop is once tightened about the hogs snout it will be there automatically locked and held, so that the operator may with one hand control the movements of the hog. My object is, further, to provide a simple, strong,'durable, and inexpensive device for the purposes contemplated.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a longitudinal section of the complete device; and Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the same, taken from a point at right angles to the point of view on Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference-numeral 10 to indicate the tubular body portion of the holder. This is preferably made of gaspipe and is screw-threaded on its exterior at 11, and on its other end is a collar 12, which may bev formed by upsetting the end, if desired. A longitudinal slot 13 is formed in the tube for purposes hereinafter made clear. A short pipe-section 14, of larger diameter than the pipe 10, is screwed to the end of the pipe 10 on the handle 22.

the threaded portion 11. This pipe-section 14 is slotted at 15, and adjacent to the said slots are two lugs 16, provided for the purpose of forming a bearing to receive a pawl 17, the end of which projects through said slot 15. Beneath the opposite end of the pawl 17 is an integral lug 18 to normally impinge the outer surface of the pipe 14, thus holding the opposite end of the pawl inwardly toward the center of the pipe 14.

A rod 20 is passed through the pipe 10 and is provided with a pin 21 to project through the slot 13, thus preventing the rod from rotating within the pipe. On one end portion of the rod 20 a handle 22 is formed, and on the rod adjacent to the handle I have provided a series of ratchet-teeth 23 in position to be engaged by the pawl 17 and so shaped as to form the rod to pass through the pipe 14 in the direction of the handle 22 and to prevent its movement in an opposite dirertion. On the opposite end of the rod 20 a wire 24 is fixed, and the loop is formed of said wire, and the remaining end is secured to the collar 12 on the pipe 10.

In practical use the device is grasped by a person as follows: In the left hand the pipe 10 is held, while the right hand is placed on Then the loop 24 is passed over the hogs snout, and as soon as this is done the handle 22 is drawn through the pipe 10 as far as possible, and obviously the pawl 17 will hold it in this position. Then during the struggles of the hog to freehimself the operator need only grasp the pipe 10 with one hand, thus leaving the other hand free for other purposes-such, for instance, as driving the hog or opening gates through which to pass the hog. Then when it is desired to release the animal it is only necessary to press upon the pawl 17 with one hand while pushing the rod 20 through the pipe with the other hand. The slot 13 and the pin 21 are provided for the purpose of preventing the. rod 20 from turning, thus holding the ratchet-teeth 20 in position for en gaging the pawl 17 at all times.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, therefore, is

An improved hog-holder, comprising in combination, a pipe 10, having a'slot 13 there in, a pipe-section 14 secured to the pipe 10,

and having a slot 15 therein, lugs 16 on the loop 24 with its ends fixed respectively to the pipe-section 14, adjacent to the said slot, a, pipe 10 and the rod 20, substantially as, and 10 pawl 17 pivoted between the lugs 16 and for the purposes stated. passed through the slot 15, a s ring 19 eon- V 5 nected with the pawl 17, a red 20 having a ALBERHS MORRIS handle 22 thereon and having ratchet-teeth Vitnesses: 23, to be engaged by the pawl 17, a pin 21 on J. RALPH ORWIG, the rod to pass through the slot 13, and a wire THOMAS G. ORWIG. 

